APPENDIX IV. 333 



18G1. Wells, D. A. On the Feudiug aud (Jrowtli of the x\meri- 

 ean Ixobin. United States Patent Offiee; Keport on Agri- 

 culture, 1860, pages 88-89. 



Abstract of an article b}- Professor Treadwell, of Cambridge, 

 Massachusetts, directed to the Boston Society of Natural His- 

 tory, and containing a detailed account of the food required by 

 two young" robins captured when about half <;i-o\vii. 



1862. Flagg, Wilson. Utility of Birds. :\lassaehusetts Agri- 

 cultural Report, 1861, pages T0-T8. 



Long essay on the economic value of birds, with numerous 

 notes on food habits of certain species, some of them from 

 original observations, 



1864. MiciiENER, E. Agricultural Ornithology. Insectivorous 

 Birds of Chester County, Penn.sylvania. United States 

 Department of Agriculture, lieport, 18();], pages 287-307. 



The value of birds to the agricultural interests discussed, and 

 followed by a list of tlie birds of Chester County, Pennsylvania, 

 with the exception of the water species. Brief notes on the food 

 and habits of each bird are given. 



1864. Samuels, E. A, ^ilammalogy and Ornithology of Xew 

 England with special reference to Agricultural Economy. 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Report, 1863. 

 pages 265-286. 



Outlines of the classification of mammals, birds, and insects, 

 with brief notes on the economic importance of each order from 

 an agiicultural stand-point. Also a more general discussion 

 of the relations between the birds and mammals and the farmer, 

 and the causes which tend to alter tliem. 



I860. DoDGK, J. li. l)irds aud l)ird Laws. Cuited States De- 

 partuient of Agi-iculture, Report. ISlil. page 431. 



Treats of the uses of birds, the necessity of a balance in 

 animal production, value of birds as insect destroyers; the 

 refutation of false charges against them and manner of pro- 

 tecting them : and gives in conclusion a digest of the bird and 

 game laws then existing in most of the Kastcin and Central 

 States. 



